fatty bom bom
(Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial, mildly, _, derogatory) A fat or overweight person.
ˈfɛti(˦) ˌbɔm(˨) ˌbɔm(˨˦)Documented since 1990s1990sMillennialhistorical185 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026＋ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial, mildly, _, derogatory) A fat or overweight person.
Origin: Derived from slang a fat person + bom bom ("a sound imitative of the noise a fat person makes when walking"). Compare West Indian/Caribbean slang fatty bum-bum ‘a very fat person, esp. a woman with large buttocks’ (Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 1996), and Australian slang fatty boom-bah or fatty-boom-bah-sticks ‘a taunting nickname for a fat person’ (The Essential Lingo Dictionary of Australian Words and Phrases, 2015). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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